resenha de filme: Terra Estrangeira

My first review in Portuguese! I’m watching Brazilian movies to try and improve my Portuguese comprehension. I really enjoyed this gritty, noir Brazilian flick about the loss of identity for immigrants in Portugal, an early film by the director of Central Station. The version I watched had non-optional Spanish subtitles, which meant I actually knew what was going on. A version with English subtitles – Foreign Land – also exists.

[Note on content: Not rated in the USA, but would be R for one sex scene plus adult themes.]

“Portugal pra entregar” => ‘pra’ is much coloquial. You should write “para”

“As suas vidas cruzam” => You must write “As suas vidas se cruzam”, because the “se” indicates that one life cross the other life. Otherwise, without the “se”, you do not know what the both lifes are crossing.

“filmado a branco e negro” => the correct is “filmado em branco e preto”. “negro” and “preto” are basically the same thing, but in that case you should prefer “preto”.

“É un filme” => the correct is “É um filme”. In portuguese, “un” does not exist. Maybe in Spanish.

“O mau desta versão” => In this case you must use ‘O ruim desta versão’. ‘Mau’ sounds like “evil”. ‘Ruim’ sounds like “bad”.